Resources

Resources

Keeping the Love You Find: A Personal Guideby Harville Hendrix

Hendrix developed the concept of "Imago," the "inner unconscious image" you have "of the opposite sex," which determines "what you're looking for in a partner but aren't aware of." This book will help you understand the beautiful ultimate purpose of marriage and how marriage actually heals us.

The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lastsby Gary D. Chapman

Creating and maintaining a healthy relationship is a daily, lifelong pursuit and understanding what Chapman describes as the 5 love languages makes this process fun and freeing.

The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep--Loveby Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

Discover how understanding adult attachment can help you find and sustain love and truly love and accept yourself as you are.

Healing The Child Within: Discovery and Recovery for Adult Children of Dysfunctional Familiesby Charles L. Whitfield

So often, it’s not the adult in our lives who is running the show of our lives—it’s our inner child. This book had a major impact on my life when I first started my journey of self-healing and recovery from codependence. It’s timeless and can help you learn how to reclaim and heal your wounded inner child so you can live powerfully as an adult.

This amazing book teaches us how food really is the ultimate beauty product and how what we eat affects how much energy is left over to attend to our beauty. You learn Kim Snyder’s powerful program to rid your body of toxins so you can look and feel your very best. Discover how to properly combine foods, feel energized, and lose weight.

This book literally changed our lives by teaching us the value and energy of raw foods. Since reading it, my husband and I have been on a new path of cellular detoxification and eating mostly raw and we feel great! In this book, you’ll learn about power of raw foods and how get your energy back. As Dr. Morse points out, "You don't have to accept the 'death sentence' offered by other medical systems.” You can use raw foods and herbs as a means of detoxification and healing.

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Leadby Brene Brown

I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from `What Will People Think?’ to `I Am Enough’by Brene Brown

How liberating and freeing! Brene Brown offers a liberating study of the importance of our imperfections—both to our relationships and to our own sense of self.

The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Areby Brene Brown

This book could be called “Perfection, No More.” I share this book with all of my clients to use as a tool for self-love and self-acceptance and embracing life in a wholehearted way-from a place of worthiness. Brene Brown puts you to work and give you how to’s via her ten guideposts, and she is funny, warm and highly relatable. This book is one that you’ll cherish for years.

The Art of Extreme Self-Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a Timeby Cheryl Richardson

Richardson’s book is great for those of you (especially women) who are super busy taking care of everyone and everything but yourself. In this uplifting, engaging book, she guides you “step-by-step in learning how to nurture and care for yourself so that you can live a truly fulfilling life.”

Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourselfby Melody Beattie

This is the first book I read on co-dependency and had a major impact on me. If you've lost sight of your own life by getting caught up in the drama of tending to someone else's, you may be codependent. Read this book to learn how to reclaim your

Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Loveby Pia Mellody

You’ll “learn how to break free from harmful relationships and attain the intimacy you need and deserve.”

Healing the Shame that Binds Youby John Bradshaw

A classic book for healing that can help you understand the underlying reasons behind your shame, address the root causes of it, and release yourself from the shame that binds you to your past failures.

Addiction to people is not much different from addiction to cocaine. A former love junkie herself, Vare has enlisted some famous love junkies and the top therapists and researchers in the field to lead you—with humor and science—from addiction to recovery.

Men, Women, and Worthiness: The Experience of Shame and the Power of Being Enough (Audiobook, CD)by Brene Brown

Brown reveals how to “recognize that you are enough and reveals how liberating it is to stop pursuing unattainable ideals of perfection-and start embracing who you truly are.”

The Power of Vulnerability: Teachings on Authenticity, Connection, and Courageby Brene Brown

Brown shows you how “daring to drop the armor that protects you from feeling vulnerable, actually opens you up to the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to your life. She dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness and reveals that it is, in truth, our most accurate measure of courage.”

Gain tools for identifying and healing from covert incestuous relationships that affect your relationships and life.

Developing The Qualities of Success: How to Stay Motivated (Audio Cassette)by Zig Ziglar

Learn how to develop the qualities—the skills and attitudes—that bring success. You were designed for accomplishment; you were engineered for success; you were endowed with the seeds of greatness. Now you can realize your true potential.